| William Franklin Webster, Alice Woodworth Cooley - 1904 - 246 Seiten
...words used as adjectives. EXERCISE. 1. To those whose god is honor, disgrace alone is sin. 2. Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. 3. Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. 4. An idle person is like... | |
| William Franklin Watson - 1904 - 244 Seiten
...following sentences. Parse all the pronouns. 1. To those whose god is honor, disgrace alone is sin. 2. Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. 3. Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. 4. An idle person is like... | |
| Sir William Weller Pepys - 1904 - 516 Seiten
...abilities of Dr. Johnson, and the remarkable good breeding of Sir Philip, kept them both on good terms." " Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy, is the best bred in the company," is an undeniable fact ; but the precept contrasts strangely with the practice. " Perfect good breeding... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...or educational system is the man which it forms. — A miel. MANNERS,— (See "Gooo BBEEDINO.") Good rvels at tlie common ; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.— в. D. Boardinan. man in company. — 8>mft. Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial,... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 Seiten
...or educational system is the man which it forms. — \niifl. MANNERS.— (See "GOOD BHEEDINO.") Good manners is the art of making those people easy with...makes the fewest persons uneasy, is the best bred man in company. — Sipifl. Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial,... | |
| SIR PHILIP SIDNEY TO MACAULAY - 1910 - 474 Seiten
...upon them, but leaveth room for answers and replies. A TREATISE ON GOOD MANNERS AND GOOD BREEDING GOOD manners is the art of making those people easy with...best manners. And as some lawyers have introduced unreason- < able things into common law, so likewise many teachers have introduced absurd things into... | |
| John King Clark - 1910 - 252 Seiten
...always found under the guidance of the will. Evil communications corrupt good manners. — Bible. Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. — SWIFT. A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct. There is certainly something... | |
| Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1910 - 352 Seiten
...if continuing a conversation, " is the art of making those people at ease with whom we are thrown. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company, and whoever voluntarily creates disturbance is a social lawbreaker." "The constable! The constable!"... | |
| William Morris Colles, Henry Cresswell - 1911 - 368 Seiten
...those less educated than himself, and to avoid saying the things which will offend them. " Whosoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company," wrote Dean Swift in his Treatise on Good Manners. Any attempt to parallel the words of so great a wit... | |
| Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke - 1918 - 944 Seiten
...Nature does well whatever task she tries Because obedient — there the secret lies. Smith. 13. Good manners Is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Swift. 14. The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast. The Joyless winter day, Let others fear : to me more... | |
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